[Gocamino] la flecha o los pies

[Kathy Gower]

I received this e-mail from Peter Robbins and Ivar at Santiago-Today:

"Calm down, Kathy, you are missing the point! You and I may prefer that the 
tourist industry kept out of pilgrimage, but we cannot escape the fact that 
the Camino is very important both for the city of Santiago and for Galicia 
as a whole. Galicia remains one of the poorer parts of W Europe, and the 
Xunta calls the Camino the 'launching-pad' for its tourism industry. Some of 
this tourism spending, such as the many albergues the Xunta has put up in 
recent years, is of use to pilgrims. However, the number of visitors to both 
city and region who arrive by plane/car/coach/train far outnumbers the 
number who arrive on foot or bike, and these are the people the tourist 
brochures and any logo are aimed at. I am sure that the Church will reckon 
that some of them will be inspired to investigate pilgrimage further, and of 
those some will join the Church. However, those on foot to Santiago can 
continue to ignore the tourist bumph if they wish. As I wrote in another 
post, part of the Xacobeo spending will be put into improving marking in 
Galicia, in part by putting up bronze scallop shells, so far from 
disappearing, the amount of shells/yellow arrows should increase."

Not sure how to proceed....